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NOTE. 
This  Supplement  contains  the  library 
laws  enacted  during  the  1915  session  of 
the  legislature ;  and  brings  the  "Library 
Laws  of  the  State  of  California,"  edition 
1013.  down  to  date. 


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CONTENTS. 

SCHOOL  LIBRARIES.  Page 

Pol.  C.  §§1714,  1715,   1741 5 

COUNTY  LAW  LIBRARIES. 

Pol.   C.   5  4190a   (new) 10 

Pol  C.   §  4221a   (repealed) 10 

SUTRO  LIBRARY  ACCEPTED 11 

GENERAL  APPROPRIATION  ACT. 

State   Library 12 


SCHOOL  LIBRARIES. 

POLITICAL    CODE. 
1714.     The    county    superintendent    of  Library 
each    county,    or   city   and   county,    shall  j[Jf 
annually  apportion  to  each  city,  or  city  cities 
and  county,  not  divided   into   school   dis-  ^j'jej 
tricts,    as    a    library    fund,    such    sum    as  into 
may  be  requested  by  the  board  of  cduca-  districts, 
tion  of  such  city,  or  city  and  county,  said 
request    to  be    in   writing   and    filed    with 
the   county   superintendent    of   schools   at 
least  thirty  days  before  the  first  day  of 
the   month    in    which    the   supervisors   of 
the   county,   or  city   and   county,   are   re- 
quired by  law  to  levy  the  amount  of  taxes 
required  for  county,  or  city  and  county, 
purposes   for  each   year,  but   in   no  case 
shall  the  sum  so  apportioned  to  any  dis- 
trict  exceed   eighty   cents   for   each   pupil  Maxi- 

,  .         ,  ,      nmm  ap- 

of   average   daily   attendance   in   the   ele-  portion- 

mentary   schools   of   said   district,   as   re-  m™'- 
ported  to  the  county,  or  city  and  county 
superintendent  of  schools,  during  the  pre- 
ceding school  year;  it  is  provided,  that  in 
each  city  and  county  comprising  a  single 
district,  the  amount  apportioned  shall  be 
not  less  than  forty  cents  for  each  pupil  "'"'" 
of   average   daily   attendance   in    the   ele-  fa-  city 
mentary  schools ;   said  amount  so  appor-  ""^7 
tioned    to    be    deducted    from    the    county  single 
school   fund  apportioned  to  each  city,  or  district. 


—  6  — 

city    and    county,    and    credited    to    the 
library    fund    of   each   city,    or   city   and 
Failure    county ;  and  it  is  provided,  farther,  that 
to  file      i£  tije  board  of  education  of  any  city,  or 
city  and  county,  shall  fail  to  file  said  re- 
quest in  writing  as  hereinbefore  provided, 
the  county,   or  city   and   county  superin- 
tendent shall  apportion  to  the  library  fund 
of  each  city,  or  city  and  county,  failing  to 
make  such  request  in  writing,  such  amount, 
not  in  conflict  with  the  provisions  of  this 
act.  as  he  ma.v  deem  advisable.     The  total 
amount  of  each  such  apportionment  shall 
constitute  the  library  fund  of  each  city, 
or  city  and  county,  not  divided  into  school 
Snded    districts,   and  shall   be  expended   only   in 
accordance  with  the  provisions  of  section 
one  thousand  seven  hundred  twelve  of  this 
code.    [Amendment,  Statutes  1915,  p.  344.] 
sthoof'       1"15.     Libraries    may    be     maintained 
libraries,  under  the  control  of  the  district  board  of 
trustees  or  city  board  of  education,  and  in 
such  case  shall  be  open  to  the  use  of  the 
teachers,  pupils  and  all   residents  of  the 
district.     Wherever  practicable,  the  library 
shall  be   kept  open   during   vacation   and 
May        non-school  days.     Whenever  the  county  in 
branch     which    a    district   is   situated    shall    main- 
"f  tain  a  county  library,  the  board  of  school 

free        trustees  or  city  board  of  education  may 
library,    agree  with  the  proper  authorities  of  such 
county    to    make    the    school    library    a 


branch  of  such  county  library.  In  such 
event,  such  board  of  school  trustees  or 
city  board  of  education  shall  turn  over 
the  books  and  other  property  of  the  dis- 
trict library  to  the  county  library,  and 
shall  annually  transfer  to  such  county 
library  its  library  fund,  as  soon  as  it  is 
available,  to  be  kept  and  expended  as 
other  funds  of  such  county  library.  The 
said  county  library  shall  thereupon  make 
such  district  library  a  branch  library, 
managed  and  maintained  according  to  the 
rules  and  regulations  established  by  the 
authorities  of  the  county  library.  In  any  Arrange- 
city  conducting  a  public  library  owned  ^,jj|, 
and  managed  by  such  city,  the  board  of  city 
school  trustees  or  city  board  of  education  ]^^^y_ 
of  such  city  may  enter  into  an  arrange- 
ment with  the  governing  body  of  the  pub- 
lic library  of  said  city  similar  to  the 
arrangement  herein  authorized  between 
such  school  trustees  or  board  of  educa- 
tion and  such  county  library.  [Amend- 
ment, Statutes  1915,  p.  772.] 

1741.  Except  as  in  this  article,  or  in  Powers 
article  fifteen  of  this  chapter,  otherwise  jly^jj 
provided,  the  powers  and  duties  of  high  of 
school  boards  shall  be  such  as  are  now  or  ,j'^J„j 
may  hereafter  he  assigned  by  law  to  boards, 
hoards  of  education  or  boards  of  school 
trustees    in    school     districts.     The     high 


Location  school  board  shall,  at  any  time  after  its 
school,  organization,  have  power  to  make  arrange- 
ments for  the  temporary'  location  of  the 
high  school,  and  if  satisfactory  quarters 
in  a  suitable  location  are  offered  or  can 
be  procured  for  a  consideration,  or  at  a 
rental  which  would  make  it  advisable  to 
accept  the  same,  they  shall  have  the 
power  to  secure  or  lease  such  quarters 
for  a  period  not  to  exceed  three  years. 
At  the  expiration  of  such  lease  or  other 
arrangement  they  shall  have  the  same 
power  to  make  another  lease  or  other 
arrangement  for  the  same  or  different 
quarters,  for  a  period  not  exceeding  three 
years.  If  rooms  can  be  obtained  in  a 
public  school  building  in  the  place  where 
the  high  school  is  temporarily  located,  on 
reasonable  terms,  such  rooms  shall  be 
Trans-  given  the  preference.  The  high  school 
Hon  of  board  of  any  county,  union  or  joint  union 
DupUs.  high  school  district  may  provide,  in  such 
manner  as  they  deem  best,  for  the  trans- 
portation to  and  from  the  high  school  of 
such  pupils  thereof  as  such  board  find  to 
be  in  need  of  such  transportation ;  and 
the  cost  of  such  transportation  shall  be 
deemed  a  part  of  the  cost  of  maintaining 
the  high  school  and  paid  accordingly ; 
provided,  that  all  contracts  or  other  pro- 
vision for  such  transportation  shall  before 


—  9  — 

die  same  become  e£fective,  be  approved  by 
the    superintendent    of    schools    who    has 
jurisdiction  over  such  hish  school  district. 
The  high  school  board  of  any  high  school  Contract 
district  lying  wholly  or  partly  within  a  J.°J,|,f„ 
county  maintaining  a  county  free  library  free 
shall  have  power  to  enter  into  a  coutract  ^^^ 
or   agreement   with    the   board   of   super- 
visors of  said  county,  whereby  said  high 
school  district  may  secure  the  advantages 
of    said    county    free    library    upon    such 
terms  and  conditions  as  may  be  fixed  in 
said    contract    or    agreement.      [Amend- 
ment, Statutes  1915,  p.  769.] 


COUNTY  LAW  LIBRARIES. 

POLITICAL    CODE. 

Law  4190s.     The   boards   of   supervisors   of 

filnd'^  the  several  counties  of  this  state  are  here- 
Iiy  authorized  at  their  discretion  to  set 
apart  each  month  from  the  fees  collected 
by  the  county  clerks  in  addition  to  the 
fund  now  provided  for  by  law.  a  sum  not 
exceeding  one  hundred  dollars  in  any  one 
month,  to  be  paid  by  the  county  clerk 
into  the  "law  library  fund"  designated  in 
section  four  thousand  one  hundred  ninety 
of  this  code  and  when  so  paid  into  said 
fund  the  same  shall  constitute  a  part 
thereof  and  be  used  for  the  same  purpose 
as  said  fund  is  now  used.  [New  section, 
Statutes  1915,  p.  216.] 
Repealed  Section  "  four  thousand  two  hundred 
tn'enty-oneo  of  the  Political  Code  is 
hereby  repealed.     [Statutes  1915,  p.  216.] 


SUTRO  LIBRARY  ACCEPTED. 

An  act  ralltlating  the  action  of  the  trus- 
tees of  the  state  lihrary  in  accepting  as 
a  gift  from  the  heirs  of  the  late  Adolph 
Sutro  of  the  city  and  county  of  San 
Francisco  the  lihrary  commonly  de- 
nominated the  "Sutro  Library,"  and  in 
establishing  a  branch  of  the  state  li- 
brary in  the  city  and  county  of  San 
Francisco,  to  be  Known  as  the  "Sutro 
Library." 

[Statutes  1915,  p.   S22.] 

The  people  of  the  State  of  California  do 
enact  as  follows: 

Section  1.  The  action  of  the  trustees  Sutro 
of  the  state  library  in  accepting  as  a  gift  ^^^.^l^^ 
from  the  heirs  of  the  late  Adolph  Sutro, 
on  behalf  of  the  State  of  California,  the 
collection  of  rare  books  and  manuscripts 
gathered  by  the  said  Adolph  Sutro  is 
hereby  approved  and  validated. 

Sec.  2.     The  establishment  by  the  trus-  San 

tees  of  the  state  library  of  a  branch  of  ^™"" 

the   state   library   in   the  city   and  county  branch 

of   San   Francisco,    to   be   known   as   the  ^ '.^''j 

usned. 
"Sutro    Library,"    in    which    branch    the 

said  collection  of  rare  books  and  manu- 
scripts shall,  in  accordance  with  the  terms 
of  the  gift,  be  maintained  is  hereby  ap- 
proved and  validated. 


GENERAL  APPROPRIA- 
TION ACT. 

An  act  making  appropriations  for  the 
support  of  the  government  of  tlie  State 
of  California  for  the  sixty-seventh  and 
sixty-eighth  fiscal  years. 

[Statutes  1915,  p.  610.] 
Section  1.  The  following  sums  of 
money  are  hereby  appropriated  out  of  any 
money  in  the  state  treasury  not  otherwise 
appropriated  for  the  support  of  the  gov- 
ernment of  the  State  of  California  for  the 
sixty-seventh  and  sixty-eighth  fiscal  years  ; 
provided,  that  in  all  cases  in  which  statu- 
tory provision  has  already  been  made  for 
salaries  or  for  other  regular  annual  ap- 
propriations, the  amounts  herein  appro- 
priated shall  be  deemed  to  be  the  same 
amounts  appropriated  by  such  statutes, 
and  not  additional  thereto. 


STATE   LIBEART. 

For  salary  of  state  libi'arian,  seven 
thousand  two  hundred  dollars. 

For  support  and  maintenance  of  state 
library,  one  hundred  ninety  thousand  dol- 
lars. 


